The Importance of Witnesses to Jesus' Death

Mark's account is one of the most compelling because it provides us with evidence that removes all other possibilities and answers key questions. If Jesus had really appeared, there would have been no way to start an entire movement. No credible evidence from that period exists to validate any alternative explanation for what happened on the first Easter. Or as I like to say, the church did not create the resurrection stories. The resurrection stories created the church. That's how it happened.